We have one small photography store in this area (about 20 minutes by car. They carry very few Pentax items, but in the past, I have told them what I want and how much it is selling for at B&H or KEH, and they will order it and discount it as close to the NYC price as possible.
I hope they hang in there and stay in business until my eyesight fails completely, making new equipment unnecessary. <G> Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 4:58 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > I never have problems with B&H, but they were on a religious holiday > shutdown. No Pentax dealer here at present, but when there was, it was > strictly list price. > > Paul > > > On May 21, 2018, at 4:53 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > That's why, whenever possible, I prefer to buy local. Fortunately for > me, I have a Pentax dealer nearby. > > > >> On 5/21/2018 16:24, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> That's so ridiculous. > >> And for me, I ordered two strapping buckles which were sent in a shoebox > >> sized package when they could have used a tiny envelope. > >> G > >>> On May 21, 2018, at 1:14 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> Some may recall that I received a $1600 70-200/2.8 lens form Amazon > last > >>> week that was delivered in the Pentax box with a label stuck on it. I > >>> checked the autofocus fine tuning and found it way out of range. I > called > >>> Amazon and told them it was defective, and that they can’t ship lenses > >>> without packaging. They apologized profusely and send a second lens by > >>> overnight delivery. The UPS guy arrived with the replacement 70-200 > about > >>> an hour ago. I met him at the door, rather than having my son handle > it. I > >>> was shocked to see that once again, the lens was not boxed! I refused > >>> delivery. Called Amazon and told them to see if they could figure out > how > >>> to put lens number three in a box. They will deliver another one > tomorrow. > >>> We will see. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the > >>> PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
